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General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E.A. Adeboye has urged those who are not sure of their salvation to stop paying offering at the church Mr. Adeboye made this known at the opening service of RCCG’s annual convention on Monday. He also made it clear that ...

�Following the huge fine imposed on MTN Nigeria by the federal government, the MTN Group South Africa has announced the resignation of MTN CEO in Nigeria, Michael Ikpoki and that of head of regulatory and corporate affairs, Akinwale Goodluck. The company said it was part of a new operating structure ...

Recently, the university administration in it’s bid to industrialize the school with information technology introduced a mandatory policy, where all students must own a laptop and pay N70,000 as laptop fee. But many students are unhappy that such levies have been imposed on them. Students said that this new policy ...

The new Ooni of Ife, HRH Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has released new photos as he prepares for his forthcoming coronation.

With the migrant crises in Europe becoming a huge problem ,President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Paris gave his own solution to stopping the mass exodus of Africans to Europe.He asked developed countries to make strong financial commitments to the 14 billion dollars urgently needed to revive the Lake Chad ...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his doctor wife Priscilla Chan have welcomed their first child – a baby girl called Max into the world, and used her arrival to announce plans to give away most of their $45 billion fortune. The billionaire and his wife shared the news of the ...

The mother of a teen who committed suicide after suffering from what she calls a rare allergy to Wi-Fi is accusing her daughter’s school of failing to protect her. Jenny Fry, 15, was found hanging from a tree near her home in the U.K. last June. Her story is now ...

Nigerians have been warned to be careful with hampers this Christmas season.The security alert was issued by the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, on Monday,cautioning Nigerians to be extra alert while receiving gifts during the Yuletide season so as to avoid receiving explosive-laden hampers as gifts. In a statement ...

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said the Buhari administration did not promise unemployed graduates N5, 000 stipends. He made this reveleation at an interactive session with members of the Nigeria’s Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) at the National Press centre in Abuja on Tuesday morning, December 1st �We did ...

Some hoodlums started a street fight on Olorogun Street, Odo Eran, in the Itire area of Lagos State on Tuesday, during which a 21-year-old stabbed a landlord, identified as Alawu Lateef, to death. PUNCH Metro learnt that Lateef, who was a father of three, had intervened in the fight, and ...

Pope Francis, who arrived conflict-ridden Central African Republic on Sunday, November 29, on his final leg of a three-nation African tour, has urged the warring factions to lay down their weapons. “To all those who make unjust use of the weapons of this world, I make this appeal: lay down ...

Pope Francis this morning visited a mosque at the Central African Republic, the last country he will be visiting in Africa. Pope Francis met with Muslim leaders and Muslim faithfuls at the central Koudoukou mosque in the PK5 district, the last Muslim enclave in Bangui. He rode his motorcade with ...

The children of a celebrated artiste in Akwa Ibom known as Artist Ite buried him in an amazing casket ..According to facebook user,Emmanuel Emmanuel Udoh who was at the burial.. Today I was at the Burial ceremony of one of the greatest artists to come out of the south south ...

President Obama and daughters marked small business saturday by indulging in some post-Thanksgiving shopping ….And they bought books! Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha visited Upshur Street Books in Washington’s Petworth neighborhood Saturday. The President emerged from the store with a brown shopping bag full of his purchases, which the ...

The Pope, who was represented by the Papal Nuncio to Nigeria, Archbishop Augustine Kassuja at the Pontifical Mass at the Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, described Cardinal Arinze as God’s gift to humanity. During the homily, the Apostolic Nuncio to Central Africa, Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, described Cardinal Arinze’s ...

Ovation international CEO,Dele Momodu has written a memo to President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to as a matter of urgency fix Nigeria saying that Nigerians are lamenting that the change he promised is fast becoming a mirage and that Buhari is too slow.He also says Buhari doesn’t need to tell ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Jonathan Ibinabo Alatoru, a self-acclaimed pastor and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Chemtronics Nigeria Limited, for conspiracy, forgery and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N200 million. The suspect, who had earlier jumped the administrative bail granted him ...

Apple has overthrown Google to reclaim its title as the world’s most valuable brand for the year 2015. The company had a great surge in 2015 thanks to the huge success of its iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s, beating Google with a growth of over $70 billion. Microsoft came 3rd ...

Nigeria’s U-23 coach,Samson Siasia’s mother who was kidnapped over two weeks ago has been rescued. There are no details yet on if ransom was paid but according to sports radio,Brilla FM, the police confirmed she was rescued and Samson told the station,”Thank God! she’s back home” Just yesterday, he lamented ...

This 18 year old former student of Vaatia College, Makurdi, Benue State, Samuel Nder was on Thursday, November 26, honoured as the best candidate in the May/June West African Senior Certificate Examination (WASSCE) taken by over 1.7million candidates nationwide. Nder obtained 9A1s in the school exam to emerged the best ...